News and views about the implementation of the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act 2009 and other legislation, schemes and policies impacting the Right to Education of India's Children.

Worried Over RTE, Govt Starts Training Programme

Slow progress in the implementation of the Right to Education Act in
the first two years of its implementation has prompted the government to
formulate a training programme for elected representatives and other
stake holders at the state, district and taluk levels from this week.
Requesting
the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan Directorate to take care of the IEC
(Information, Education and Communication) campaign across the State,
the government has instructed all the DDPIs to report about the
completion of the programme by January 30.
Comprehensive details
of the RTE Act such as who can avail benefits, whom to contact and other
issues will be dealt with effectively under the programme. Elected
representatives, members of NGOs, RTI activists, public and school
representatives will be trained on the effective implementation of the
RTI. They would also be educated about ways to tackle grievances and
other issues by resource persons.
A copy of the government
communication available with ‘Express’ shows that DDPIs in association
with Zilla Panchayat administration should hold training programmes at
the district-level, whereas executive officer and BEOs should shoulder
the responsibilities at the taluk-level.
Participants (NGO members
and public) will be provided with `100 travelling allowance at
district-level and `75 at the taluk-level. Zilla panchayat auditoriums
at the district-level and taluk panchayat auditoriums at taluk-level
have been selected for training the stake holders on the designated
dates which falls on the fourth week of December at district-level,
first and second Week of January at the taluk-level.
The completion report of the training should be submitted to the state SSA directorate by January 30.
Even CBSE Schools To Reserve Seats
Chitradurga:
From this year, parents interested in getting good education for their
children have the option of sending their wards to CBSE schools.
Except
for the educational institutions run by minority communities, all other
institutions are instructed to reserve 25 per cent seats for SCs, STs,
OBCs, orphans, migrant children, street kids, disabled and HIV affected
children.
The RTE Act also states that admission should be given in schools either starting from LKG or Class I.
Candidates will be selected under the supervision of the BEOs of respective taluks.
As
per the schedule, a detailed list of seats under the RTE Act will be
announced on the notice board of the schools on January 6. Schools are
instructed to receive applications from January 7 to February 8.
After
this, scrutiny and announcement of the list of the selected candidates
will be announced on the notice board of the respective BEO offices on
February 17.